Ten area schools competed in the Alamogordo Invite all day Saturday at the Oregon Courts and Holloman Air Force Base.

In the boys singles, second flight, Alamogordo defeated Santa Teresa 8-1 and then defeated Artesia 8-0. In flight one, Alamogordo defeated Gadsden 8-1 and was later defeated by Onate 8-6. The Tigers defeated Las Cruces High 8-4 and then won a tie-breaker with Santa Teresa by the scores of 6-2 and 6-2.

For the first flight of boys doubles, Alamogordo lost to Mesilla Valley Christian 8-4 in the first round. The Tigers were also defeated in the first round of the second flight by Artesia 8-3. With the losses, Alamogordo competed in the consolation for flight one by downing Santa Teresa 8-6. The Tigers reached the final round of the second flight consolation bracket by defeating Ruidoso and then falling to Onate 9-7 in the finals.

Another doubles pair was defeated in the flight two doubles consolation bracket, as Ruidoso defeated the Tigers 8-6.

In the girls doubles competition, the pairing of Elisa Mercado and Collette Ceballes defeated Santa Teresa 8-2. In the semifinals, the duo fell to Mayfield in a tie-breaker by the count of 6-1 and 6-0. In the consolation bracket for the second flight of girls singles, Alamogordo was defeated by Gadsden 8-3 in the semifinals.

The Tigers defeated Gadsden 8-4 in the first flight of girls singles.

After a long grueling weekend, the Alamogordo boys and girls tennis squads will travel to El Paso for the two-day Chapin Invite which is being held March 7 and 8. The next home matches for the Tigers will be March 11 against Roswell at 3:30 p.m. and March 25 against Belen at 3 p.m. at the Oregon Courts.

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